Unstable-type chromosome aberrations in lymphocytes from individuals living near Semipalatinsk nuclear test site

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. A, 2006, Pages

  Tanaka, Kimio ^a   Iida, Shozo ^b   Takeichi, Nobuo ^c   Chaizhunusova, Nailya J ^d   Gusev, Boris I ^d   Apsalikov, Kazbek N ^d   Inaba, Toshiya ^b   Hoshi, Masaharu ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Hiroshima City bureau   (Japan)

^d Kazakh Sci Res Inst Radiat M   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Chromosome aberration; Low dose exposure; Micronucleus; Semipalatinsk

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMES; CONTAMINATION; CYTOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTES; RADIATION EFFECTS;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTAMINATED AREAS; DICENTRICS; LOW-DOSE EXPOSURES; MICRONUCLEUS; NUCLEAR TESTING; SEMIPALATINSK; SEMIPALATINSK NUCLEAR TEST SITES; UNSTABLE TYPE;

RURAL AREAS;

EID: 33645384468     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: 13499157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.47.A159     Document Type: Article

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